Blood Work Help with erectile dysfunction

[Cbosh442]

Hi guys,

Basically I can get an erection if I really try but i have to really try hard and if I stop it’ll just go down in a matter of seconds. I don’t get morning wood or spontaneous erections. It’s like I’ve lost sensation down there.
I’ve been on trt for 5 years now and take finasteride. Cialis helps only a little.

My blood test shows:

Test 28.9. (6.0-28.0)
Free test 962. (200-600)
E2 156. (<159)
SHBG 13. (15-50)
DHEA 3.2. (4.8-13.9)
Prolactin 109. (45-375)

DHT - within range

Would appreciate any help with this or if anyone’s had similar experience?

Cheers

 

[Blshaw]

What’s your current dose and protocol? Obviously your T levels are higher than normal, especially FT. E2 is going to be high respectively in most people. So dose? Ancillary meds and when taken (AI etc)? How often do you pin? Some low SHBG guys report better mood and libido with more frequent pins. When was your last pin in relation to your blood draw?

 

[LevButlerov]

Hi guys,

Basically I can get an erection if I really try but i have to really try hard and if I stop it’ll just go down in a matter of seconds. I don’t get morning wood or spontaneous erections. It’s like I’ve lost sensation down there.
I’ve been on trt for 5 years now and take finasteride. Cialis helps only a little.

My blood test shows:

Test 28.9. (6.0-28.0)
Free test 962. (200-600)
E2 156. (<159)
SHBG 13. (15-50)
DHEA 3.2. (4.8-13.9)
Prolactin 109. (45-375)

DHT - within range

Would appreciate any help with this or if anyone’s had similar experience?

Cheers

welcome to the EVO family @Cbosh442 ED happens to many you're not the first.

start by posting the actual blood work paper blur personal info
and give us your whole cycle stack please

 

[Cbosh442]

welcome to the EVO family @Cbosh442 ED happens to many you're not the first.

start by posting the actual blood work paper blur personal info
and give us your whole cycle stack please

Thanks bro!

My current is just test- 180mg per week +
1mg finasteride
I done a couple blasts last year of different compounds like npp, tren. But always low dosages

Here’s the results. It’s progressively gotten worse over the last 9 months. So this didn’t just happen over night. I’m starting to suspect it’s the finasteride maybe

 

[rizzlekdizzle]

Fina is known to give people problems with erections - how important is your hair vs erections?
How much Cialis do you take? 5mg a day usually works for people but some take 10mg/day.
also height/wt and age??

 

[LevButlerov]

Thanks bro!

My current is just test- 180mg per week +
1mg finasteride
I done a couple blasts last year of different compounds like npp, tren. But always low dosages

Here’s the results. It’s progressively gotten worse over the last 9 months. So this didn’t just happen over night. I’m starting to suspect it’s the finasteride maybe

Your bloods aren't complete but what you posted is not too shocking.
It is likely finasteride related, why are you on it when you're on TRT? and do you have a TRT log ready to post? @Cbosh442

 

[stevesmi]

Unfortunately blood work isn't always going to solve the what and the why when it comes to certain things. This could be a situation where you have finasteride issues going on.

 

[Cbosh442]

Fina is known to give people problems with erections - how important is your hair vs erections?
How much Cialis do you take? 5mg a day usually works for people but some take 10mg/day.
also height/wt and age??

Yeah ok I’ll give that a go.

198cm/100kg and 33

 

[Cbosh442]

Your bloods aren't complete but what you posted is not too shocking.
It is likely finasteride related, why are you on it when you're on TRT? and do you have a TRT log ready to post? @Cbosh442

Nah I don’t have a log bro.

Yeah probably a good point. I’ll stop it now. From what I’ve been reading, it can take a long time to heal from the side effects of finasteride

 

[LevButlerov]

Nah I don’t have a log bro.

Yeah probably a good point. I’ll stop it now. From what I’ve been reading, it can take a long time to heal from the side effects of finasteride

There is more to fixing finasteride sides than just stopping it, but we can’t guide you long term without seeing your day to day training, diet, sleep, stress, and hormones. @Cbosh442
Get a simple log up with food, bodyweight, training, sleep, and symptoms and the EVO family can actually help you work through libido and ED recovery properly instead of guessing. 15min of your time to start.

HOW-TO LOG?

Why is a Log Journal important?

• Doing a log will actually help you way more than just dropping random updates. When you lay it all out week by week you start to see patterns in your body that you won’t catch otherwise.
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• The feedback you get is also way better because people can follow along and spot things you might miss. It also helps the next guy who is thinking about running the same compound so you are giving back while you learn.
• Even if you think you might not stick with it, just starting the log makes it easier to come back and add quick notes. That way you get more out of what you are running instead of keeping it all in your head.

To really guide you we need more info from you:

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• Please post a Log Journal asap for us

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[Mobster]

Fina is known to give people problems with erections - how important is your hair vs erections?
How much Cialis do you take? 5mg a day usually works for people but some take 10mg/day.
also height/wt and age??

This. You can use a process of elimination by dropping it and seeing what happens

 

[ceo]

bros, try dropping the finasteride and see what happens. Hopefully you don't have any long-term effects.

 

[Ulter]

Hi guys,

Basically I can get an erection if I really try but i have to really try hard and if I stop it’ll just go down in a matter of seconds. I don’t get morning wood or spontaneous erections. It’s like I’ve lost sensation down there.
I’ve been on trt for 5 years now and take finasteride. Cialis helps only a little.

My blood test shows:

Test 28.9. (6.0-28.0)
Free test 962. (200-600)
E2 156. (<159)
SHBG 13. (15-50)
DHEA 3.2. (4.8-13.9)
Prolactin 109. (45-375)

DHT - within range

Would appreciate any help with this or if anyone’s had similar experience?

Cheers

at the end of the day, erection issues are important and they could be a red flag that something is going on inside your body. Maybe you should see a cardiologist and see if there's anything with your heart.

 

[2Thick]

could be a lot of things going on. a lot of people deal with ED, they just don't talk about it.

you could also try pt-141

 

[ROIDDERS]

This is a perfect opportunity to log your experience. I think if you log things and you really are detailed with that, we can really dial in what could be going on here. It could be a lot of factors causing this issue.

 

[ballin2504]

It’s the finasteride man. I’d be more worried about an erection than my hair